Butler&#39;s glove.



J. C. KITAMURA.

BUTLERS GLOVE.

APPLICATION EILED JUNE 17. 1916.

Patented J an. 29, 1918.

JAMES c. nrmuna, or Los ANGELES, oamronnu.

BUTLERS GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

Application filed June 1 1, 1918. Serial No. 104,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. KITAMURA, a subject of the Emperor ofJapan, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Butlers Glove, of whichthe following is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide a superior convenience for theuse of butlers and other persons in the operation of dusting furniture,cleaning silver, polishing shoes, polishing furniture and any and allkinds of service where a dust cloth or polishing cloth may be used.

An object of this invention is to provide a glove that is convenient forsuch work as polishing silver, dusting furniture, polishmg shoes withgreat ease and facility and without soiling the hands, and which is alsoadapted for convenient use after the manner of an ordinary glove.

Other objects, advantages and features of novelty may appear from theaccompanying drawings, the subjoined detail description and the appendedclaims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of a butlers glove constructed inaccordance with this invention, looking at the palm or inside of theglove.

Fig. 2 is a reduced view of the back or outside of said glove.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental cross section on line 90 Fig. 1, on an enlargedscale.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of another form of thebutlers glove.

The body of the glove may be cheesecloth, canton flannel or any otherdesired flexible sheet material of suflicient strength, and comprisesthe usual palm 1, thumb 2 and fingers 3 on the inner side and the back4, thumb 2 fingers 3' on the back side. The front and back sides areconnected together in the usual manner of the art of glovemaking byseams 5 located along the margins of theglove, there bein in all tenmarginal seams which only di er in length and location, and aretherefore not indicated by separate characters.

Along the marginal seams and projecting inwardly, that is to say, towardthe palm side of the glove, are a seriesof flaps 6, arranged in parallelsets; there being a set of flaps at each edge or margin of. the glovebody and at each side of the glove fingers including the thumb, therebeing ten sets in all and a plurality of flaps in each set. Said flapsat each edge of the fingers extend along the edges of the fingers con--tinuously almost from end to end thereof and extend edgewise beyond oneside of the fingers and are adapted to overlap and cover theintermediate faces of the same.

In some instances, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the'flaps are made ofplaits of flexible material, said material bein -doubled upon itself and'sewn to the margins of the glove at the seams thereof. In otherinstances, as indicated in Fig. 4, the flaps may be made of separatestrips, the free edges 7 of which are single ply. The flaps may be ofany desired width, and I have found that an inch or an inch and a halfThe two sets of flaps for each finger are fastened at their closed edgesto opposite sides of the fingers respectively and are of a width greaterthan the diameter of the finger, and they project laterally beyond thefinger so that they may combine to form a cover for that side; but maybe easily separated to expose the wall of the finger so that the samemay be used as the ordinary finger of a glove when the wearer wishes tograsp an object therewith.

The flaps preferably terminate a little short of the finger ends, sothat the tips 8 of the glove fingers may be formed of a single thicknessof material free from the flaps, so that the flaps may be easilyseparated to allow objects to be COIIVGIIIGIltlY' handled with thegloved hand.

In practical use the attendant will draw the gloves onto his hands inthe usual manner of putting on gloves, and may then use the face, formedof the flaps to rub the furniture, silver, shoes or other objects thatare to be dusted, polished or cleaned, and by thrusting the flaps aside,may use the fingers to graps obj ects'as with the gers of a commonglove.

The gloves may be removed instantly, thus leaving the attendant freefrom the cleaning appliance.

I claim:

1. A glove comprising a body having fingers and flaps connected to theadjacent sides of the fingers and extending edgewise beyond, the frontfaces of the fingers and adapted to overlap to cover said faces, and. tobe separated to expose said faces.

2. A glove comprising a body having fingers and flaps connected to theadjacent sides of the fingers and extendin edgewise beyond the frontfaces of the fingers and.

( leaving the finger tips bare of flaps.

ee-nets adapted to overlap to cover said faces, and

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 10th day of June, 1916.

JAMES C. KITAMTURA. Witness:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND-

